Endangered Species Act

Giraffes Need Endangered Species Act Protection, U.S. Officials Say

A new proposal would restrict the import of hunting trophies, pelts, bone carvings and other items.

Top stories - The New York Times - 2 days ago

Giraffes need endangered species protection, U.S. officials say

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has proposed new protections for giraffes, saying their populations are threatened by poaching, habitat loss and climate change.

U.S. officials push to add some giraffes to endangered species list

Three giraffe subspecies should be added to the endangered species list, U.S. officials said Wednesday, as their populations continue a yearslong trend of decline.

WATCH: Giraffes need endangered species protection for the first time, US officials say

The tallest animal on Earth is in danger, according to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, which has called for federal protections for giraffe species for the first time.

A Skeleton Bank of Understudied Species

With a new database of medical images, zoo and wildlife vets can finally see what healthy uncommon animals, from rhinos and tamarins to pangolins and sea stars, should look like on the inside.

World - The New York Times - October 26

Inside the mission to protect endangered culture

Unesco’s ‘intangible cultural heritage’ list brings local traditions to the world’s attention. How well does it protect them?

Business - Financial Times - October 26

Endangered parrots Lily and Margot escape from London Zoo

Blue-throated macaws Lily and Margot took flight on Monday and have not been seen since.

London’s endangered language communities to be mapped in new project

London may be second only to New York in the number of at-risk languages spoken. Life in London has been mapped according to its health, wealth, land ownership, politics and transport at key points ...

World - The Guardian - October 26

Critically endangered antelope born in UK safari park

It is the first time an eastern mountain bongo has been born at Woburn in more than a decade

Khalife could have 'endangered Zaghari-Ratcliffe'

Daniel Khalife told jurors at his trial that he cannot remember the document in question.

Saving Endangered Animals Will Help Save Us, Too

We have hardly begun to understand how inextricably our own health and safety are intertwined with those of our wild neighbors.

Top stories - The New York Times - 5 days ago

Carcass of massive endangered whale washes ashore in Alaska

The carcass was comparable to the width of a college basketball court and female, according to biologists.

Third of world's tree species slide towards extinction, say scientists

Scientists have revealed that more than a third of tree species are facing extinction.

More than a third of all trees species at risk of extinction

The International Union for Conservation of Nature found more than one in three tree species worldwide faces extinction.

Invasive Species Are Threatening the Quality of New York’s Tap Water

Zebra mussels, hydrilla, and now a water flea have made their homes in New Croton Reservoir.

Tech - Wired - November 9

Marine biologists discover new sea slug species off Pacific coast

California researchers found ‘mystery mollusc’ in deep-sea midnight zone after initially observing it 20 years ago. Researchers in California have discovered a new species of sea slug off the ...

World - The Guardian - November 13

Environmentalists sue New York, New Jersey and Delaware over endangered sturgeon

Environmentalists accuse New York, New Jersey and Delaware in federal lawsuits of improperly allowing Atlantic sturgeon to be killed by commercial fishing operations even as the prehistoric fish is ...

Tech - ABC News - October 24

Musk says people accusing Trump of endangering democracy are the real danger

At a town hall in Pennsylvania, tech mogul Elon Musk played down the Jan. 6, 2021 assault on the U.S. Capitol.

Anti-immigrant rhetoric, policies endanger South Asians in Canada

World - Yahoo News - November 8

UN warns that toxic smog in Pakistan's Punjab province is endangering children

The U.N. children’s agency is warning that the health of 11 million children in Pakistan’s eastern Punjab province is in danger because of air pollution that experts say has become a fifth season ...

Health - ABC News - November 12

UN warns that toxic smog in Pakistan's Punjab province is endangering children

The U.N. children’s agency is warning that the health of 11 million children in Pakistan’s eastern Punjab province is in danger because of air pollution that experts say has become a fifth season ...

World - ABC News - November 11

Ocasio-Cortez: Mace, Johnson 'endangering all women and girls' with bathroom ban

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) on Wednesday denounced efforts by House Republicans to bar transgender people from restrooms in the Capitol that match their gender identity, calling policies ...

Politics - The Hill - Yesterday

Ralph Fiennes on the provocation of acting

Oscar-nominated actor Ralph Fiennes is returning in two new acclaimed films. In "Conclave," about the intrigue of papal politics, he plays a Vatican insider who oversees a gathering of cardinals ...

Slight progress in global biodiversity protection efforts but some species decline, new reports find

World - Yahoo News - October 28

Biden administration to restrict drilling, renewables in the US West to help struggling bird

U.S. officials are proposing tighter restrictions on oil, solar and wind energy development across more than 6,500 square miles of federal land in the U.S. West

Tech - ABC News - November 8

84-million-year-old armored dinosaur species with killer tail club revealed in China

World - Yahoo News - 3 days ago

‘I fly, I drive. We’re all complicit’: Richard Flanagan on vanishing species and refusing the Baillie Gifford prize money

The Australian’s book about his parents’ love and his father’s horrific experience of Burma’s Death Railway won the illustrious nonfiction award. Here he talks about finding beauty and hope in the ...

World - The Guardian - 2 days ago

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